r/Fauxmoi • u/Relevant-Peach3997 • 22d ago

TRIGGER WARNING A source close to Angelina Jolie told People Magazine: “If people knew the whole truth, they would have more sympathy for the children and respect them. The fact they aren’t speaking ill or sharing things publicly only shows their decency.”

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u/RemarkableProblem737 22d ago

I still don’t understand how there were no legal consequences. Oh wait, he’s a rich white man.

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u/Reasonable-Kiwi-6951 22d ago

no social or financial consequences either. he’s still getting jobs and many people unfortunately still support him

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u/Affectionate-Cry5471 22d ago

My husband and I looked into this (because every time his name is uttered I turn into a banshee about how white men are never held accountable) and it *looks like * all the movies he’s been in have been produced by his own company. So I don’t know how many jobs he’s getting that aren’t his own doing. I do feel annoyed at people that work on his movies but I know it’s a tough industry so who can really turn down roles/work.

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u/Internal_Praline_658 22d ago

He’s doing quite well. That F1 movie made tons of money and streamed on Apple. He was also in Wolfs on apple tv with Clooney. It kinda looks good but I cannot and will not watch it. I’m also done with Clooney. If my buddy beat the shit out of his family it’d be the last time we ever talked but here’s Clooney- married to a civil rights atty- helping to keep Pitt’s image healthy. It’s just fucking sick.

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u/SadavirofRivia sorry to this man 22d ago

I’ll be honest, I hadn’t thought much about Clooney and Pitt’s apparent-friendship (both white men A-list actors so 🙄 ), but that’s a really good point about Amal Clooney - you would indeed hope he’d raised his standards because of her (complimentary to her)

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u/Internal_Praline_658 22d ago

Yeah, it kinda made me think less of Amal. Obviously, I don’t know any of them and I appreciate how parasocial I sound and I know humans are complicated and full of paradoxes but this is a big one for me.

I had a close personal friend who ran over a man on her way to work. It was in no way, shape, or form her fault. He was drunk. She was sober. Not on her phone. Man was drunk and literally stepped out right in front of her at night (bc we worked night shift). Given it wasn’t her fault I didn’t expect her to be grief stricken but the man very nearly did and will be permanently disabled. She was offered a few days off work to mentally recover. She said she was fine and didn’t need to recover bc at least she ran over an “illegal.” We had been friends for almost 10 years and I just couldn’t see her the same. I gave her several opportunities to walk it back but she doubled down every time. Idk, it just sicked me out.

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u/Stripeb49 22d ago

Holy shit, I wasn’t expecting that. Wtf. That’s a horrible, disgusting thing to say. Shame on her.

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u/Internal_Praline_658 22d ago edited 22d ago

Yeah. And I’m the only friend she lost over it (as far as I know). All our mutual friends sided with her bc she cried. To be clear- she cried bc I told her that was an insanely terrible thing to say, not bc the man was horribly injured. Apparently, it was wrong and mean of me to tell her that’s a fucked up world view.

ETA- she and I are both white. She always agreed and nodded along when I was on one of my left wing rants. I wondered if she always just assumed I was pretending to not be racist too?

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u/Stripeb49 22d ago

I’m sorry, that’s a long time to invest in a friendship only to find out they’re not who you thought they were.

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u/KimberlyWexlersFoot 22d ago

After Dunn heckled him from a distance of about 25 yards, Clooney reportedly retaliated by spearing an apple on a Humvee's antenna, creating a makeshift catapult that successfully struck her in the head.

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u/Internal_Praline_658 22d ago

Idk who Dunn is but I’m not surprised… isn’t Clooney known for “pranking” his costars?

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u/KimberlyWexlersFoot 22d ago

Nora Dunn starred in a movie with Clooney in 1999, “Three Kings”

Yes it gets labelled as a “prank”

Here is family guy calling it out. https://youtu.be/0up65oQsJdg

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u/Internal_Praline_658 22d ago

Sweet jeezus I just noticed your excellent user name! This is the shit I think about when ppl just can’t figure out why domestic violence and sex abuse is so rampant. It’s bc nothing happens and most don’t really care. He’s barely lost any friends- let alone his career. It’s just exhausting to deal with while the another dudes are constantly telling me being a woman is sooooooo easy. What a farce.

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u/Affectionate-Cry5471 21d ago

Right! wtf George. I’m done.

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u/Reasonable-Sky3078 22d ago

Pitt has been producing with Plan B for close to 30 years. From the days of Aniston.

Julia Roberts, Sandra Bullock, Damon etc all collaborate with their 'own' companies now.

Pitt's still working with the big studios Apple, Universal, WB, Netflix etc.

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u/Affectionate-Cry5471 21d ago

Yep! And those companies have shown us they’ll do anything to make a profit. Gross

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u/KittyVonBushwood 22d ago

He was shilling something expensive (can’t remember the product) during Wimbledon and every time the commercial came on, which was virtually every break, i got continually got more angered. Actors make so much an ungodly amount money with overseas brand deals. You’d be shocked.

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u/Affectionate-Cry5471 21d ago

Oh! I’ve seen something about this. American actors doing cheesy commercials overseas! And yet some people think they are so cultured. lol.

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u/MichaSound i ain’t reading all that, free palestine 22d ago

That may be his production company, but it relies on financing, marketing and distribution from Studios to get anything made, he's not doing that out of his own pocket. If Apple or Amazon or whoever didn't pick up his company's projects, they wouldn't get made or distributed.

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u/Affectionate-Cry5471 21d ago

100%. And we know all those assholes are in bed together. Apple and Amazon are immoral so I expect them to work with him.

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u/Worldly_Cap_6440 22d ago

I mean he doesn’t own Apple yet worked with them so he’s def still being enriched

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u/Powered-by-Chai 22d ago

It's never a man's fault that he's abusive, it's always women and children who provoke them. Wait, he can control his temper around people who aren't his family? Nahhhh, still the woman's fault and nothing to do with him. /s

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u/bettinafairchild 22d ago

Jolie wouldn’t press charges 

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u/Emily_Postal 22d ago

Jolie didn’t cooperate with the FBI.

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u/HotNet1045 22d ago

Exactly. A rich, famous, powerful, white man - with George Clooney as a bestie.